The PRUs can give you 10's of ns timing, which is more than good enough for 
milliseconds, but might be over kill.

I'd think using C on the ARM processor should be fast enough.  I'd use 
gpiod[1].

If you really want the ns timing of the PRUs, check out the PRU Cookbook[2]

--Mark

[1] https://github.com/starnight/libgpiod-example
[2] https://github.com/MarkAYoder/PRUCookbook

On Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 10:51:11 AM UTC-5 [email protected] 
wrote:

> Depending on how precise you need to be, I would go for the PRU-ICSS. They 
> can control the GPIOs pretty easily. 
>
> Le mardi 16 février 2021 à 10:03:47 UTC-5, [email protected] a 
> écrit :
>
>> I have a BBB Wireless running Linux beaglebone 4.14.108-ti-r106 #1 SMP 
>> PREEMPT Fri May 24 22:12:34 UTC 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux
>>
>> I am writing in C.
>>
>> I turn a valve on and then need to read some sensors for N milliseconds 
>> and then turn the valve off.
>>
>> What's the best way to read milliseconds on the BBBw?  I don't have a RTC 
>> on this particular unit but could add one using I2C.  I have an Adafruit 
>> 4282 with a DS3231 RTC on it on another BBBw that I could use temporarily 
>> to prove it works.  What other options are available?
>>
>>
>>

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